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J.D. Martinez said hello to the Clippers four times yesterday in a distinctive manner that Toledo Mud Hens manager Larry Parrish has grown to love.

“This guy, when he hits the ball, it makes a different sound,” Parrish said. “He’s hit some balls where the outfielders are hardly moving. They just know, ‘That’s out of here.’ ”

Martinez hit four home runs and drove in seven runs to power the Mud Hens to an 8-1, 7-6 doubleheader sweep of the Clippers at Huntington Park. Each crack of the bat screamed no-doubter.

Martinez leads the International League with 10 home runs and 22 RBI. He was a late addition to the team this spring after being released by the Houston Astros. The Detroit Tigers signed him on March 24 and sent him to Toledo.

“Houston kind of gave up on him,” Parrish said. “When he got to us, he hit like four home runs in five games. I was like, ‘Holy cow!’ ”

Clippers pitchers had to feel the same way. Martinez hit three first-pitch home runs in the first game off Tyler Cloyd (1-2). He added his fourth homer in the first inning of the nightcap on a 1-and-1 pitch from Toru Murata.

Suffice to say, Martinez was having fun in his first visit to Huntington Park.

“It’s definitely a beautiful park,” he said. “The fans were passionate and into the game. … It’s a fun park to play in.”In the first game, he jumped on a first pitch from Cloyd in the first inning to hit a two-run home run to left. He led off the third with a blast that caromed off the scoreboard in right. In the fifth inning, Martin hit his second two-run homer to left.

“It’s pretty unique to see three home runs in a game, much less on three pitches,” Clippers manager Chris Tremie said. “But the kid got some pitches out over the plate and put some good swings on them and ended up with five RBI.”

Former Clipper Ezequiel Carrera added a three-run home run to cap the first-game victory.

After Martinez homered in the nightcap, the Clippers responded better than they had in the opener.

In the first inning, Toledo starter Mike Belfiore walked the first three hitters. Jesus Aguilar, who later homered, drove in one run with a single. Audy Ciriaco added an RBI on a fielder’s choice grounder, but that was the extent of the damage.

“When you get three walks to start the game off, you’d like to score as many runs as you can,” Tremie said. “We were one big hit away from putting four of five up there. It would have been nice.”< /p>

The Clippers scored two runs in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Justin Sellers and an RBI double by Tim Fedroff to take a 5-3 lead. The Mud Hens replied with three runs in the fifth against relievers Scott Barnes and Vinnie Pestano (0-1) to regain the lead. They held on from there.